Improvement in pencil-pockets



PATENT OFFICEO THOMAS D. MILLER, OFIKANKAKEE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PENCIL-POCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,166, dated March 13,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS I). MILLER, of Kankakee, in the county ofKankakee and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pockets; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a pocket to he sewed into avest or any other garment, or in one side ofthe watch-pocket of a vest,in the saine manner as an ordinary pocket, the said pocket beingintended for holding a lead-pencil; and my invention consists in makingthe pockets with a wide mouth sloping down to a neck, at which point anelustic band, or an equivalentthereof', for contracting the pocket so asto hold thepencil tightly, is provided, and the pocket is then extendeddown for a certain distance. This manner of making the pocket enablesthe pencils to be inserted quickly and held tightly, andthe point heprevented from entering the clothes ofthe person.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l.is a side view of the pocket, looking at the same as attached to theinside of the fabric of the vest or other garment. Fig. 2 is a viewshowing the appearance of the pocket on the outside. Fig. 3 isa'longitudinal transverse section taken in the plane ofthe line a: x,Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

I intend, as a permanentthing, to make the pocket of a fabric ormaterial not easily pierced by a pencil, vbut do not limit myself to anyparticular material of which to make the pocket.

A designates the upper part of the pocket, and B the lower part. Theformer is somewhat of a gore shape and the latter straight, or it may begore-shaped also, if desired. The

mouth a is made larger than is necessary for the introduction of apencil, and it is made so to facilitate the insertion of a pencil, thepoint of which, on striking the tapering side, will guide the pencil inthe desired manner.

At about the center of the pocket I secure an elastic band, b, in suchmanner that it will contract the pocket at this point, which I call theneck,7 so that when the pencil has been inserted it will be heldsecurely in place.` An equivalent of this elastic band could be adoptedand made to answer the same purposethat is, contracting the pocket atsome intermediate point of its length.

The pocket is secured in the vest or other garment at its top in theusual way, and in such manner that it will not draw out on pulling outthe pencil.

This pocket will be found very useful for the purpose for which it isintended. Every one very well knows that a great deal of trouble isexperienced when using the ordinary wooden lead-pencil fora proper placeto carrythe same. lf it be placed in the vest-pocket with the pointdownward it is apt to make a hole in the bottom thereof, and the pencilgradually slips through between the outside fabric and the lining of thevest, and if the point be upward it is sure to break o". By the use ofmy pocket, which may be made of some fabric or material that is noteasily penetrated by the pencil-point, the pencil will be held andprotected, and no inconvenience whatever will occur in inserting orwithdrawing it.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Apocket haring toward the mouth and having an elastic band appliedthereto, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 23d day ofOctober, 1865.

THOMAS D. MILLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. L. LEMOINE, ELI TANIEE.

